What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28850 and 28866?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28850 and 28866 is 2.

GCF(28850,28866) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28850 and 28866, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28850 and 28866.

How to find the GCF of 28850 and 28866?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28850 and 28866. After we will calculate the factors of 28850 and 28866 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28850

Prime factors of 28850 are 2, 5, 577. Prime factorization of 28850 in exponential form is:

28850 = 2¹ × 5² × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28866

Prime factors of 28866 are 2, 3, 17, 283. Prime factorization of 28866 in exponential form is:

28866 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 28850

List of positive integer factors of 28850 that divides 28850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 577, 1154, 2885, 5770, 14425

Step-4: Factors of 28866

List of positive integer factors of 28866 that divides 28850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 283, 566, 849, 1698, 4811, 9622, 14433

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28850 and 28866. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28850 and 28866 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28850 and 28866